Chapter 535

Late October.

Zhang Yu rented Ye Xingli’s laboratory again.

The reason he chose to rent here was partly because Ye Xingli would give him a discount, and naturally, Zhang Yu also coveted the Dao Seed on Ye Xingli.

At this very moment, Zhang Yu was seen driving streams of true fire flying out, enveloping the metal materials before him one by one.

As a military-grade puppet among magic treasures, Tianri Huangshen’s manufacturing process and structural composition were naturally incomparably complex compared to ordinary magic treasures.

For example, the puppet’s skeleton, nervous system, control center, mana core… each part taken alone was an extremely precise and profound magic treasure.

And the process of refining the prototype machine, put in the simplest terms, was to finish refining each of these individual modules, then assemble and debug them.

What Zhang Yu was doing now was the fabrication of the skeleton part of the prototype machine.

As a puppet containing the power of supreme yang and vigor, the forging of Tianri Huangshen’s skeleton needed to meet requirements such as high strength, high temperature resistance, strong mana conductivity, and the ability to perform fire escape transformations.

It could be said that every single bone of this prototype machine had a higher technical content than the magic treasures owned by many students in the university town.

However, for Zhang Yu, who had already mastered various refining techniques through the practice of the Taiqing Realm, the process of forging the skeleton quickly went from unfamiliar to skilled, and then from skilled to effortless.

Ye Xingli, watching from the side, couldn’t help but say, “When did you get so good at forging bionic skeletons?”

Zhang Yu said, “Wasn’t there an economic crisis a while ago? I happened to have nothing to do every day, so I thoroughly studied all the related technologies of Tianri Huangshen—looked at materials, watched online courses, and so on.”

“I didn’t expect the actual practice to not be too difficult.”

“Of course, this should also be related to the forging techniques I practiced before; those techniques greatly enhanced my forging abilities.”

This was the excuse Zhang Yu had prepared long ago. Anyway, as he forged the prototype machine step by step, openly and legitimately, it would irrefutably prove his ability.

As for why he learned so fast? Ask his forging talent.

At this moment, as Ye Xingli watched Zhang Yu’s operations, she immediately sensed his talent.

“Learning so fast?”

“This guy Zhang Yu… seems to have a special keenness and instinct for the Way of Forging; he learns everything especially quickly.”

Recalling the first time she saw Zhang Yu forge something and his subsequent progress in forging, Ye Xingli couldn’t help sighing inwardly, “Although helped by the Nascent Soul-level Yin Artifact, Zhang Yu’s own forging talent should not be underestimated.”

“I initially thought Zhang Yu had no talent in this area; now thinking back, Master’s judgment was more accurate.”

As Ye Xingli sighed to herself, she heard Zhang Yu say, “Senior Sister, I still need to thank you for lending me the lab during this time.”

Ye Xingli waved her hand, “I’ll be spending most of my time in school training for next year’s Top Ten Tournament; it’s just right to rent the lab to you.”

Zhang Yu looked at Ye Xingli. Since she returned from winning a place in the Top Ten Tournament, the ranking on her head had changed to 3rd in the Forging Department.

Besides that, if he stared at Ye Xingli’s head for a few more moments, he could see the 3rd place in the Forging Department flicker and then jump to 10th place in the whole school.

Looking at the rankings, Zhang Yu thought enviously, “I heard that after entering the school’s top ten, the school can approve a loan of a thousand spirit coins. I wonder if Senior Sister has applied for it.”

He took the opportunity to ask a question he had long wanted to know: “Senior Sister, if I want to participate in next year’s Top Ten Tournament, what’s the process?”

In Zhang Yu’s view, this was something he needed to know early, otherwise, after struggling for half a day, he might miss some registration time, event procedures, or fail to meet some selection criteria—then he’d have no place to regret.

Ye Xingli was slightly stunned upon hearing this and thought to herself, “Although Zhang Yu has good talent, he probably won’t have a chance to participate in next year’s tournament.”

After all, in Ye Xingli’s view, next year’s Top Ten Tournament would be unprecedentedly intense, and the school would inevitably pour all resources into the high-grade students who had already produced results, supporting them to compete for the Immortal Sect techniques.

“Unless, in less than a year from now, Zhang Yu can surpass us.”

But after thinking, Ye Xingli knew this was impossible.

“If Zhang Yu can successfully forge the prototype machine by his senior year, that would already be remarkable.”

“If it were in previous years, he might be able to make a round in the Top Ten Tournament.”

“But next year… he probably won’t be ranked.”

If it were up to Ye Xingli’s own thoughts, she should now dispel Zhang Yu’s delusions and make him stop making such unrealistic plans.

And in the future, don’t say such nonsense in front of her—it’s just a waste of everyone’s time.

But just then, lines of answers from the Poor Simulator appeared on her eye display.

Then Ye Xingli smiled slightly and said, “You want to participate in next year’s Top Ten Tournament? Senior Sister supports you.”

Usually, the school team's instructor will actively recruit people. If they don't recruit, you can also sign up by approaching them before June next year.

As for the selection criteria, in previous years you needed to have mastered at least two military-level powers. If you obtain the Military Certificate of the Heavenly Sun Radiance God, you can try approaching them.